An incensed and highly agitated Justice M.Liberhan on Monday called on the media not indulge in character assassination, and categoricaly refuted suggestions that he had leaked details of a commission report prepared by him to the fourth estate.
When television and print media reporters asked him at his residence here whether he had leaked the report [...]
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Incensed Justice Liberhan says he didnâ€t leak his Babri report
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Liberhan Report will be tabled in this session of Parliament: Chidambaram
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram assured parliament on Monday that the government would table the Justice Liberhan Commission Report on Babri Masjid Demolition in this session.
Replying to a short discussion on the leakage of the report in a section of the media, Chidambaram said : “There is only one copy of the report with the Home [...]
Intelligence officials got ‘good information’ from FBI: Chidambaram
November 14th, 2009 |
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that Indian intelligence officials who had gone to the US to gather information from the FBI about the US terror suspect David Headley’s terror designs have come back with “good information”.
“The team had a good visit. They have come back with good information,” Chidambaram told reporters in [...]
Govt. issues terror alert for Delhi, U.P., Gujarat, and Maharashtra cities
November 12th, 2009 |
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The Government on Wednesday issued an alert warning for four cities of three States along with Delhi over probability of multiple terror attacks.
Ministry of Home Affairs issued the alert for Delhi, Agra, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), and Mumbai (Maharashtra) following inputs that David C. Headley had visited these cities and inspected various places [...]
Headley visited India many a times before 26/11, says Chidambaram
November 11th, 2009 |
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Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Tuesday confirmed that the key Lashkar-e-Toiba militant David C Headley visited India many a times before the Mumbai terror attack occurred on 26/11 last year.
“He visited India many a times before 26/11. We are investigating probable link between 26/11 and Headley, †Chidambaram told reporters on Tuesday.
Last week, Chidambaram had said [...]
Majority community must protect minorities: Chidambaram
November 3rd, 2009 |
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Reaching out to Muslims, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said a nation can ignore its minorities only at its peril and pointed out that it was the duty of the majority community to protect them.
“A nation can ignore its minorities only at its peril…We must always remember that pluralism is our inheritance and [...]
Any more terror attack from Pak will be retaliated: PC
November 1st, 2009 |
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Taking a tough stance, Home Minister P Chidambaram has warned Pakistan against meddling in India’s affairs and said any more terror attack from that country will be retaliated “very strongly”.
Chidambaram said he has been warning Pakistan not to play with India and that the Mumbai attacks should be the “last game”.
“We have been gaining [...]
Maoists have to abjure violence for talks: Chidambaram
October 23rd, 2009 |
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The Centre can advice the state governments to talk to Maoists if the ultras abjure violence, Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
“CPI (Maoist) must abjure violence. They have to abjure violence and then we can work out the process (of talks) and then we will advice the state governments to talk to them.
“We can help [...]
Home Ministry urges more operational, financial autonomy to DGPs
September 29th, 2009 |
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The Centre on Tuesday urged State Governments to assign more operational and financial autonomy to Directors General of Police (DGPs) to acquire logistics and have a more crucial role in administrative matters.
This was said in a Home Ministry statement to the Chief Secretaries, in which the ministry has asked states to provide more authority to [...]
Chidambaram flags off Chennai- New Delhi Duronto Express
September 21st, 2009 |
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Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram flagged off the super fast Duronto Express train between Chennai and New Delhi on Monday.
This is the second Duronto Express in the country. Earlier on Friday Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off country’s first Duronto Express train between Sealdah and New Delhi at Sealdah.
Speaking on the occasion Chidambaram said, the [...]
Cases against Hafiz Saeed very weak, says his lawyer
September 19th, 2009 |
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A lawyer representing Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has said the two cases filed against his client are very weak and not sustainable in any court of law.
Saeed’’s lawyer A K Dongar said the charges against his client were ridiculous. Dogar was referring to the two cases filed by Faisalabad Police – one relating [...]
Mamata Banerjee hits out at Leftists
September 16th, 2009 |
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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the good showing of Trinamool Congress in civic polls in Darjeeling district as victory over state-sponsored terrorism.
In the 47-member district council, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress combine bagged 15 seats each. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxists) won 17 seats.
“I think this is a [...]
Chidambaram meets FBI, New York Police officials, gets anti-terrorism tips
September 9th, 2009 |
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India’’s Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday, was briefed by officials from FBI, intelligence and security agencies and the New York Police about the measures being taken by them to prevent a Mumbai-type terrorist attack.
From walking at the Penn Station, to a briefing by the New York Police, which had made several changes in its [...]
Full, comprehensive security for Commonwealth Games : Chidambaram
September 7th, 2009 |
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Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Monday assured full and comprehensive security will be provided during the Commonwealth Games to be held in October 2010 in Delhi.
Speaking to a private news channel on the security arrangements for the Commonwealth Games, Chidambaram said the participating countries need not have any fear.
“I make this promise that the Commonwealth [...]
Pak SC indefinitely adjourns trial of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed
August 3rd, 2009 |
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely adjourned the trial of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attacks.
Despite the submission of the fourth dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks to Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner to India, Rifat Masood, Pakistan has apparently let of Saeed.
Speaking to the media, Saeed’s lawyer A K Dogar [...]
India has given sufficient evidence to Pak to try Saeed: Chidamabaram
August 1st, 2009 |
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that India has given sufficient evidence to Pakistan to prosecute Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his involvement in last year’s Mumbai terror attacks.
Chidambaram said the three dossiers that India has so far handed over to Pakistan on the 26/11 attacks was enough proof to nail Saeed.
He [...]
Maoists incite Lalgarh villagers to protest against deployment of security forces
July 31st, 2009 |
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Maoists provoked Lalgarh villagers to protest against the deployment of security forces since they reclaimed the Maoist held ”liberated zone.”
The Maoists were evicted from the trouble-torn Lalgarh region at June 20 after an almost week-long joint operation by the State and Centre’’s elite security forces.
But the villagers have continued protests since, demanding the security [...]
BSF raises its first women batallion
July 25th, 2009 |
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The Border Security Force (BSF) today inducted 178 women personnel for combat duties at its centre near Ferozepur in Punjab.
The recruits will be the first women to be deployed along the international border.
The women, who have been undergoing training at the BSF establishment in Punjab, participated in the passing out parade.
Home Minister P. [...]
CPI-Maoist issue threat against PM, Sonia, Chidambaram
July 21st, 2009 |
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The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has issued a threat against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister P Chidambaram.
The CPI-Maoist was declared a terror outfit by the central government last month.
“Both the PM and Sonia Gandhi will meet a fate like former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi,” the [...]
State machinery underestimated Maoists, admits Chidambaram
July 15th, 2009 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has admitted that the state machinery has underestimated the Maoists and failed to curb their activities in the country.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Chidambaram said the government had failed to tackle the Maoists with the seriousness they deserve and had also failed to assess the threat posed by [...]